IT Systems Engineer

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT)•Arlington, VA

1d•$90,000 - $184,000•Onsite

About The Position

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT), provider of cutting-edge cloud-based integration, automated testing and data analysis for complex, mission-critical systems in the US Department of Defense (DOD), is seeking an IT Systems Engineer to be part of our Advanced Capabilities team and based out of our Arlington, VA location. The IT Systems Engineer will be responsible for helping build out, integrate, and securing various IT systems. This engineer will also be in charge of maintaining and ensuring compliance on systems both in the Arlington IDT Office as well as at various customer sites. A successful candidate should also be willing to create/update existing processes using automation in order to accomplish their tasking. Clearance & Location Requirements: All applicants must currently possess an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance. This is an on-site position. Requiring at least 5 days in office, based out of our Arlington, VA location.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent full-time professional experience.
3+ years of full-time professional experience in systems administration or system engineering discipline
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time as needed
Experience working in a VMWare Environment or similar virtualization platform.
Experience Troubleshooting network issues of various degrees of complexity
Experience with Bash, C, and/or Python scripting.
Understanding of common TCP/IP concepts to include TCP, UDP, VLANs, DHCP, and routing at a minimum
Experience Provisioning and Installing both Physical devices as well as Virtual Machines
Security+, CCNA, or equivalent IAT Level II certification
Experience with hardening devices and updating DISA STIG Checklists
Experience with patching and remediating vulnerabilities in a closed network

Nice To Haves

Strong Understanding of Red Hat or similar Linux distributions.
Experience working with networking within a tactical system
Experience with Cisco Switching to include Virtual Port Channeling, VLANs, VRFs, etc.
Experience with configuring multiple forms of authentication to include PKI concepts.
Experience with having to identify hardware and/or software for purchase to meet various use-cases.
Experience with Ruckus-based Network Devices a plus.
Experience with VMWare NSX-T is a plus.
Experience with Ansible, PowerShell, Chef, Salt, Puppet, or any other configuration automation software.

Responsibilities

Rack and Install various server/networking devices within standard server racks as well as pelican-based enclosures.
Performing regular server updates, patch management, and software installations.
Operate and Maintain servers both virtual and physical in nature running a variety of Operating Systems to include Red Hat, Windows, and VMWare products
Install and provision newly purchased pieces of hardware equipment
Implement, maintain, and review security processes to maintain compliance and ensure user permissions are accordingly
Help develop and maintain various golden images in support of business area activities to include operating system images and virtual machines.
Creating and maintaining detailed documentation of systems and networks for usage by both technical and non-technical stake holders